Threads of elemental energy bubbled relentlessly from Ai Hui’s pores, creating a ring of dazzling light.
Ai Hui’s mind was blank.
The sword force in his body was as boundless as an ocean which was, at this point, rumbling with a fury. In the midst of the storm, Ai Hui’s mental state was a helpless leaf constantly rolled about by the waves, falling, and being torn into pieces before finally being engulfed by the ocean.
Fatty’s continuous beatings had facilitated the sword force within Ai Hui’s body to actively penetrate outwards. Under normal circumstances, the elemental energy would not have been able to do this. Furthermore, due to his training, Ai Hui’s skin was like copper, more tough and durable than an average student’s. Thus, it was more difficult for the elemental energy to leak out of his pores.
Fatty’s constant “efforts” had finally paid off. Vast amounts of elemental energy bubbled out from within Ai Hui’s body like steam.
Once the elemental energy was drained away, the pressure within Ai Hui’s body lessened. This allowed Ai Hui’s unstable mental state to finally have a breather and regain an ounce of clarity.
“Ai Hui! Use your sword!”
Lou Lan’s reminder was like an explosion in Ai Hui’s mind but also seemed to be coming from the opposite end of the sea.
Use my sword?
In the midst of his confusion, a sword technique came to mind with lightning speed.
Within his elemental energy that was vast as an ocean was a slender bowstring that connected Ai Hui’s left hand palace to his right hand’s palace. The elemental energy cord with which he had always had difficulty was completed with ease while Ai Hui had been unaware.
At the moment of the elemental energy cord’s completion, the elemental energy bubbling out of Ai Hui changed abruptly.
Instead of leaving him, it surrounded Ai Hui’s surroundings while rotating at high speeds.
Swoosh swoosh swoosh!
It was as though there were countless sharp small swords flitting about speedily in the air. The stake and ropes that had initially tied him down became fragmented and of different lengths. They hovered in the air in segments, as if supported by an invisible hand. Constant cuts were made on the brick flooring beneath Ai Hui’s feet by the sword, and chunks of brick flew wildly.
Within Ai Hui’s body, the roaring of the elemental energy ocean stopped preemptively the moment the elemental energy cord was completed.
Time seemed to have come to a standstill.
As if Ai Hui had practiced it countless times, he was familiar with the move in its entirety. The Dragonspine Inferno, which had never left his hand, was placed horizontally before him. Together with a single stride, he swung the sword.
The Dragonspine Inferno, which weighed one hundred kilograms, was as lithe and agile as a skipping stone on water.
The elemental energy that had been dammed in Ai Hui’s body rushed like the flowing waters of a dike and into the Dragonspine Inferno in Ai Hui’s right hand.
Buzz!
As a spring vibrates with flicked, the deep thrumming of the Dragonspine Inferno gave rise to a slight tingle. A sheen of dazzling light appeared on the black body of the Dragonspine Inferno.
A crescent culminated on the sharp end of the sword, disappearing within moments.
The expressions of the dean and mayor changed after being exposed to Ai Hui’s imposing manner. The dean was especially shocked. How could he have been ignorant of such a brilliant student at his school? Such an explosion of aura was not something easily surpassed. Even the top genius of Central Pine Academy, Duanmu Huanghun, would find it difficult.
How could a student have such an imposing air?
Wang Zhen, too, was incredibly amazed, but for different reasons from the dean’s. When he received Shi Xueman and Sang Zhijun’s reports, he did a thorough background check on Ai Hui. There was nothing about him that he did not know. Ai Hui had been born to a life of hard work, staying in the Wilderness for three years. An exception was made, allowing him to enter and train in the Induction Ground. He achieved the base level of two palaces and was also a disciple of Wang Shouchuan. Even Ai Hui’s hand in the Bunny Hair’s profit was not absent from Wang Zhen’s knowledge; he had done an incredibly detailed investigation.
What made him deeply respect Ai Hui, however, was actually the fact that not only did Ai Hui survive two encounters with the blood beasts, but also that he played a pivotal role in the group’s successful escape. Aside from Shi Xueman’s and Sang Zhijun’s reports, Wang Zhen had also seen the reports from Teacher Xu and Cui Xianzi. Both of them also mentioned Ai Hui as the one to have first realized that something was amiss.
Ai Hui seemed to have an extraordinary intuition towards the blood poison. It also happened to be the main reason behind seeking him out.
But all of the intelligence he received failed to mention that Ai Hui had such an uncanny capability for swordplay!
Was this truly two palaces? How could such frightening waves of elemental energy result from just two palaces? It most certainly had to belong to at least seven palaces! Could it be that this chap was concealing his talent?
He would not have been so shocked if it were simply the waves of elemental energy. The moment the tip of the sword transformed into a crescent moon, his facial muscles trembled involuntarily. Such awe-inspiring swordplay gave him goosebumps.
The sword seemed to head straight for his glabella; with the sword’s next movement, it would even pierce him.
Both Wang Zhen and the dean reacted immediately.
Wang Zhen suddenly held a stained knife. His aura underwent a transformation, as though he had become another person. Even his height seemed to have increased. His bearing was indescribably fierce and severe. He wordlessly brought down his knife in a single stroke, its gleam similar to an inverted waterfall.
The dean’s wide sleeves emitted large amounts bubbles like the ones blown by soapy water. Under the sunlight, they reflected a myriad of colors, dancing alongside the wind in a dream-like sequence.
The crescent which had disappeared from the tip of Ai Hui’s sword appeared before them as if out of thin air. It intersected with the gleam from Wang Zhen’s knife.
Like fragile porcelain, the crescent silently shattered into a multitude of fragments.
Wang Zhen’s expression changed slightly, and he immediately held his knife horizontally and exerted his left palm outwards.
Bang!
The shattered crescent suddenly transformed into numerous sword gleams and enveloped the entire courtyard.
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